Bible Verses About Perseverance: The intercession of Christ

And the Lord said, `Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,

and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'

and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;